Pilot drowned after electrocuting himself with an illegal stunner as he tried to take trout for a pond at his £1m home

Christopher Nagle was found with wires coming out of a backpack leading to a bomb disposal team being called before his body was removed

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By Alex West

14th March 2018, 10:45 pm

Updated: 14th March 2018, 10:45 pm

A FISHERMAN trying to use an illegal stunner to take trout was found drowned after electrocuting himself, an inquest heard.

Christopher Nagle, 51, wanted the fish for a pond at his £1million home.

Christoper Nagle was found drowned after allegedly electrocuting himself with an illegal stunner

He bought the stunner — a control box wired to two metal poles — online. Police who discovered him half-submerged in a stream spotted the wires coming out of a backpack and a bomb disposal team was called in before his body was removed.

Mr Nagle, a pilot for Flybe, had just passed a medical but had an underlying heart disease, the hearing in Exeter, Devon, was told.

Burns were found on his hand, indicating electrocution.

Coroner John Tomalin said: “What came first I cannot be certain.

"But having fallen in the water, having slipped, or following a cardiac event, I believe on the balance of probability he may have been stunned and then passed away as a result of those combination of factors.”

Christopher's wife Lisa reported him missing two days before his body was found

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